Crewe Manuscripts

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1 Documents relating to the prosecution of Margaret Rudd and Robert and Daniel Perreau for forgery Item 1775
ff. 1-7 Draft briefs (indictment, case, and proofs) for Robert Drummond and Henry Drummond, prosecutors Part 1775
f. 17r Letter from Messrs Drummond to James Garth Part 15 June 1775
f. 9 Print captioned ‘Slavery’ Part 1738
f. 10 Print captioned ‘The European Race Heat IId. Anno Dom. MDCCXXXVIII.’ Part 26 Nov. 1738
f. 38 Printed list of ships abroad in the service of the United East India Company, with a list of ships arrived back in the ports of the Channel since the last year’s list Part 29 Apr. 1738
ff. 43-65 ‘Memoire sur l’importance du commerce du tabac[,] sur les moyens d’en etablir des plantations dans les Colonies Francoises, la facilité d’y reussir et de supplanter les Anglois dans cette branche de commerce’, by Etienne de Silhouette(?) Part 1739
f. 110 Title of the next item, in French Part 1743
ff. 137-74 French translation of An Address to the Electors and other Free Subjects of Great Britain, occasion’d by the late Secession (by Benjamin Robins) (1739) Part c. 1739
f. 186 Title of the item on ff. 189-213, with an introduction by the translator; in French Part c. 1742
ff. 187-8 French translation of the first part of ‘A Letter to a Gentleman’, etc. (continued from f. 34) Part c. 1742
f. 235 Description of the next item, in French Part 1743
ff. 236–9 French translations of parts of the Report on ff. 241-6 Part c. 1742
3 Draft petition of Charles Griffin to the House of Commons against Lord Leigh Item 1849
f. 1 Title: ‘Dépenses De la Révolution du 10 août’ Part c. 1800
f. 28 Account headed ‘Etat des Sommes Recues pour le soulagement des Victimes de la Journée du 10 août 1792’ Part c. 1800
ff. 29–33 Accounts headed ‘Depenses à repreter[?] sur les fonds donnés pour les Victimes du 10 Août’, ‘Recettes Pour les Victimes du 10 Août’, ‘Fête du 26 août’, ‘Recette’, and ‘Frontieres’ Part c. 1800
ff. 11–17, 21–7 Transcripts and translations of letters transmitted with the previous item Part 1784?
ff. 7–8 Extracts from Lettres, mémoires, et negotiations particulieres du Chevalier d’Eon (1765), in the hand of Thomas Gray Part [c. 1765]
f. 10 Metaphysical notes, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
f. 13 Metaphysical notes, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
f. 16 Notes on the concept of property, in the hand of Thomas Gray Part 18th c.
ff. 2v, 4r, 5–44, 45r Leaves from The Trial of the Hon. George Gordon, commonly called Lord George Gordon Part 1781
f. 48r Print captioned ‘A Memorial Cypher, Portrait and Arms, of Lord George Gordon, President of the Protestant Association’ Part 18 May 1781
f. 52r Print captioned ‘Waare Afbeelding van Lord George Gordon, gevolgt na het Echte Pourtret’ Part c. 1781
f. 64r Coloured etching captioned ‘Promenade in the State Side of Newgate’ Part 5 Oct. 1793
f. 2r Printed pamphlet entitled Système rationnel de navigation aérienne, a circulation stable, fondé sur le principe de la séparation des appareils, ainsi que sur l’emploi du point d’appui et pratiqué au moyen d’un propulseur rotatif a effet alterno-continu, by Hippolyte Barnout Part 1857 View
f. 14 Print of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket Part c. 1838 View
f. 16 Print of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket, engraved by Adlard and Hayes from a sketch by Robert Hollond. Published by F. C. Westley Part c. 1838 View
f. 20 Print captioned ‘The balloon passing over Coblenz’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason Part c. 1838 View